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WWHW40 PHFO 210141
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
341 PM HST FRI MAR 20 2026
...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS
ABOVE 12000 FEET FROM 6 PM HST SATURDAY TO 6 PM HST SUNDAY...
.A KONA STORM IS LIKELY TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE
SUMMITS BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
341 PM HST FRI MAR 20 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10
INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. LIGHT SNOW
MAY LINGER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
* WHERE...BIG ISLAND SUMMITS.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING
SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES, WITH PERIODS
OF ZERO VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT THE SUMMITS. ANYONE PLANNING
TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS, INCLUDING HIKERS AND CAMPERS, SHOULD MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND CONSIDER POSTPONING THEIR TRIP UNTIL
IMPROVED WEATHER RETURNS.
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